December 17, 2014, 5:25PM

The Great Amazing Race, a national family-friendly health and wellness activity modeled after the popular TV show "The Amazing Race," will be returning to the New Orleans area on Saturday, Dec. 27, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Fontainebleau State Park in Mandeville. Registration is open online here. Whether you're a first time runner or seasoned athlete, the race... Full story »

July 07, 2014, 12:30PM

To be called the Fontainebleau Park Celebration of Lights, the 36-day long celebration is now in being planned by Chetta Productions, LLC, owner of the Mandeville City Seafood Festival, which just wrapped up this year's fest on July 4, 2014. Full story »

March 07, 2014, 5:43PM

The design phase of a much-anticipated project to repair the cabins at Fontainebleau State Park near Mandeville is underway, but the popular rentals will not be available for guests until 2015, a state official said Friday. The 12 cabins on Lake Pontchartrain along the park's southern border have been shuttered since Hurricane Isaac hammered them in August 2012. Jacques... Full story »

December 19, 2013, 3:15PM

Registration is under way for a family-oriented event modeled after the popular “Amazing Race” reality TV series. The two-hour event will be held Dec. 28 starting at 1 p.m. at Fontainebleau State Park in Mandeville. The event is open to two-member teams of all ages, although children in kindergarten must be paired with an adult entrant. Contestants are advised... Full story »

December 17, 2013, 9:45AM

June 07, 2013, 12:45PM

The local businessman behind the revival of a July 4 seafood festival in western St. Tammany told the Mandeville City Council Thursday night that he meant no harm when he chose a name that one council member said implies that the city is involved in the event. Nicholas Chetta Jr., whose company Chetta Productions LLC is staging the Mandeville... Full story »

May 09, 2013, 4:44PM

The Mandeville area will play host to a July 4 seafood festival after all. Two months after the Mandeville Seafood Festival's organizer said that event would no longer be held after a nearly 35-year run, a Covington man announced Thursday that his company will stage the Mandeville City Seafood Festival on July 4-6 at Fontainebleau State Park. Nicholas J.... Full story »

March 22, 2013, 4:25PM

The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security is staging a hurricane response and rescue drill on Saturday, March 23, at Fontainebleau State Park and some adjacent areas, including Lake Pontchartrain. The drill will include various state law enforcement agencies as well as the Louisiana National Guard, according to information from the Mandeville Police Department. People may start seeing military vehicles... Full story »

March 19, 2013, 5:32PM

After a nearly 35-year run, the Mandeville Seafood Festival is calling it quits. Bill Dobson, president of the Mandeville Seafood Association that puts on the annual festival, announced Tuesday on the organization's Website that the group will not put on a festival this year or in future years. Story by ROBERT RHODEN and KIM CHATELAIN Staff writers "Although this... Full story »

February 15, 2013, 10:26AM

The serenity of Fontainebleau State Park near Mandeville will give way March 22-23 to the sounds of helicopters, watercraft, high-water vehicles and Louisiana National Guard troops. The guard, in coordination with the St. Tammany Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security and local law enforcement agencies, will hold its annual disaster response exercise at the 2,800-acre park east... Full story »

December 13, 2012, 10:49AM

The Otis House Museum at Fairview-Riverside State Park near Madisonville has re-opened to the public following repairs of Hurricane Isaac-related damage, according to the office of state parks. The riverside campground and day-use area of the park also have reopened. The park's front campground is undergoing an upgrade of its electrical system, which should be completed by the end of... Full story »

November 30, 2012, 4:49PM

The once-lush forest at Fontainebleau State Park is being invaded by the dreaded tallow tree, a Chinese species that has overtaken hundreds of acres of north shore woodlands made vulnerable by Hurricane Katrina and a pine beetle attack in the 1990s. Now, with the popular Mandeville-area park's indigenous tree and plant life all but snuffed out, the Louisiana Office... Full story »